How to Color an Old Photo using Free Software, Gimp
Gimp is an open source, professional photo and image editor similar to Adobe Photoshop. It is 100% free and can be downloaded
www.gimp.org/downloads/
This video shows one of the easiest methods for adding color to a black and white photo in Gimp.
Steps:
1. Open the black and white image
2. (if necessary) Adjust the original brightness-contrast in menu Color - Level
3. Open a color reference image, to select colors from using the Color Picker tool
4. Create a new transparent layer on top of the black and white image
5. Change the mode of this layer to Overlay
6. Select the Brush tool and choose a brush with soft/blurry edges.
7. Select the brush size/thickness. Begin drawing on this layer. If you go beyond the borders, you can always use Undo or the eraser tool.
8. Once the area is colored, the selected layer can be adjusted using Colors - Hue / Chroma
9. You can also shade the edges of the object with the Blur / Sharpen Tool, including blur in its settings
10. Repeat these steps for as many layers a necessary. Avoid using multiples colors on the same layer.
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Helped me a lot. Mother in law fled Ukraine and doesn't have many pics. Repaired and colored an old ripped vintage pic. Turned out great! Thanks.
Great lesson. You have a positive attitude and always a great mood. Good luck
Okay, not only a very useful tutorial, but you took me back some. I have a classic headshot photo of my grandmother from when she was young, and she had hand-tinted it herself. A woman of many talents and a woman I miss dearly every day. Thank you for this. 🤍
That’s amazing! I’m going to try this on some old pictures of my grandparents. Thank you so much!
This is very helpful, thank you. I am very looking forward to learning more.
I spent a long time figuring out all this layer stuff thinking there was a magic button at the end that would merge and fix it all up neat. I had more fun using the first few steps...then mix and match all tools transferring colour and smudge or spray to blend in /combine all and experiment.
Brilliant - this was exactly what I needed!
Thank you for this awesome tutorial!
A very good tutorial. Thank you.
Thanks for this awesome tutorial!
Very nicely done. Got some old photos of my old man in monochrome, this has to be tried. Thanks for sharing.
@TJFREE
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Good luck!
That was amazing.
hey i have faced this problem. when i use the paint brush and then leave my mouse pointer and when i color on top of the previous brushed areas, the color changes and gets light. i have this problem please give the solution.
Nice walkthrough Thanks for sharing👍😀
I just recently started playing with Gimp and your videos have been incredibly helpful to me! I was wondering if you only use a mouse or if you have a digital pen pad and what do you recommend?
Good vid TJ just looking through to see what I have missed and can learn a like from me
Thank you so much, sir.
Awesome tutorials
very cool!
most easy way to do this thats how i like it :)
More useful tutorials... Thank you so much... 💯💯💯💯💯
@TJFREE
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, as always!
@SkyFly19853
4 жыл бұрын
@@TJFREE Sure, indeed! 👍👍👍👍👍
For some reason, the best kept secret in KZread is how old a video is. If someone can enlightmen me, please do. This video has to be ancient, at least 10 years old.
I didn't know you could do that!
Very nice. Thank you.
@TJFREE
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Anton!
Hi TJ...can u show how to turn a photo into a retro pin up effect? Saw some videos but those were done using Photoshop..
Before coloring: Hehe, my young grand grand After coloring: 👁️👄👁️ wanna date me?
Is there a way you can save the colors you choose for each layer?
How do you get the small thumbnail pics at the top of your screen !
in kdenlive what does no available track for split operation mean it keeps happening to me and i cant fix it :(
I am a beginner trying to colorize a photo as a modern work of art. I stumbled here but didn't understand anything. The screenshots are blurred and secondly I could not follow what you clk on etc. A good tutorial but for beginners it won't do. I want something simpler to start with. Any suggestions?
What software do u use to show us the mouse and keyboard while you're cording the screen?
@TJFREE
4 жыл бұрын
Good question, it's called Key-Mon. Its free and open source, and is only available on Linux. I'm also a fan of ScreenKey. I have a video showing a similar windows software here, called PXkeyStokes: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nHyip5hrm5Cqdto.html
good
whe i try and draw the colour nothing happens
How to remove mixing color
So, how do I export all those layers? You said sperate layers for face, hair and clothes...
@TJFREE
4 жыл бұрын
Good question. All visible layers will be combined and exported in a single image (.png, .jpg, etc...), when doing File > Export.
@ExtremeWays4Bourne
4 жыл бұрын
@@TJFREE Thank you.
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